# Sandi Toksvig is ill **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052 "2022-12-05T12:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/21 "2022-12-05T22:58:01Z")
> [@bryanmaguire](#): > > She was also in NASA Mission Control when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and held the hand of Armstrong’s secretary. How did she manage that? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/22 "2022-12-05T23:07:24Z")
Her father was a British journalist covering the launch. He must have brought his daughter along for the historic event. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/23 "2022-12-05T23:09:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How did she manage that? Her father was a journalist covering the landing and she seemed to have tagged along. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/24 "2022-12-06T01:18:49Z")
Yes, the best trivia about her is the Neil Armstrong’s secretary bit. You can hear her talk about it here. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7WOOzSPxka8/hqdefault.jpg "QI Compilation | Sandi's Anecdotes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WOOzSPxka8) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/25 "2022-12-06T03:08:42Z")
Never seen the Bake-Off show, but love her in QI as a panellist and host. We’ve also seen her in the travel show [Extraordinary Escapes](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14018780/) and the antiques quiz show [Antiques Master](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692525/) , both of which I thought were somewhat beneath her. [Here is quite a good, if short, interview with her](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWOVx6accDo) on Australia TV just before this tour started. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/26 "2022-12-06T06:52:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > the best trivia about her is the Neil Armstrong’s secretary bit. I think her [travelling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0it3gNDq88) down all 1700 km of the Zambezi (some of it in her dad’s old canoe that he erroneously thought belonged to Livingstone) was quite cool too. ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/27 "2022-12-06T09:18:28Z")
Mostly right. He was a danish journalist. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/28 "2022-12-07T09:08:14Z")
She’s been discharged from hospital but still convalescing in Australia. > **[Sandi Toksvig: QI presenter gives health update after cancelling tour](https://news.sky.com/story/sandi-toksvig-qi-presenter-gives-health-update-after-cancelling-tour-12762774)** > > Sandi Toksvig says she is out of hospital in Australia but still not well enough to fly back to the UK. ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052/29 "2022-12-07T14:19:26Z")
That’s good. Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052.md?page=1)